Private equity firm North Castle Partners has acquired controlling stake in Sprout Organic Foods in a move to bolster its presence in the natural and organic nutrition industry. Sprout Organic Foods primarily serves the baby / toddler ...
Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of WH Group, has divested its 37% stake in Campofrio Food Group to Mexican firm Alfa for $354m. Based in Spain, Campofrio offers processed and canned meat, derivatives from pork and beef by-products, and ...
Steel markets in China showed little reaction to the central bank's third interest rate cut in six months Sunday, May 10, with some citing the small magnitude of change as a reason. Spot offers for 18-25 mm diameter HRB400 rebar, a key ...
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China is quickly finding itself in uncharted retail territory, with a large availability of new shopping malls coinciding with the fast adoption of e-commerce by its rapidly-expanding consumer class, says JLL, a professional services and ...
PwC is planning to aid governments and food companies to address the major issues of food safety, security and quality by declaring open its global food supply and integrity services business—established, developed and run from New ...
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South African private equity firm Ethos Private Equity has completed its previously announced acquisition of the tissue and corrugate division of Africa-based Nampak for an undisclosed amount. Both the divisions will be made autonomous ...
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The Indian textile and apparel industry will clock double digit growth rates of between 8 to 12 per cent or even more in the next fiscal, a top official at textile major Raymond said. Sanjay Behl, CEO at the lifestyle business of ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
China's confidence in achieving its economic growth rate of around 7 percent this year is not weakened despite rising downward pressure, a senior official said Thursday. The economic development has entered "new normal" and economic ...
China's "new normal" economy, although growing at a slower pace, actually added value last year as more jobs were created, inflation was under control, and trade rose, said a senior official at the National Bureau of Statistics yesterday. ...
Favourable government policies, low wages, shorter sea route and growing garment exports make Myanmar an attractive option for Indian textile entrepreneurs, says Rajesh Kumar Shah The garment sector in Myanmar has grown enormously since ...
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President Xi Jinping unveiled his thinking about the Chinese economy, saying the world's second largest economy is seeing a "new normal" emerging. China's 2014 economic growth edged down to a 24-year low of 7.4% from 7.7% in 2013, ...
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Electronics manufacturers are used to harsh cyclical downturns often caused by their reliance on unverified assumptions about industry fundamentals. Even the biggest chipmakers, OEMs and other leading supply chain players have fallen ...
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New Road Lighting Book In 1980 the book “Road Lighting”, written by Prof de Boer and Wout van Bommel was published in the series “Philips Lighting Library”. It was regarded as the ‘road lighting bible’ ...
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Snake River Sporting Club, Jackson Hole’s premier private club and residential community, is partnering with Orvis and Jackson Hole Fly Fishing School to host the newly launched Orvis Fly Fishing School Jackson Hole, the renowned ...
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Recent suggestions from the Australian Federal Government that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) be applied to the sale of fresh food has sparked concern from both farmers’ groups and the Federal Opposition. Liberal backbencher, Dan ...
Tags: Food Ignites, Services Tax, Agriculture